[Smokin' Joe]

I'm not belittling the possibility of an explosion--rig, wellsite sized, but not enough to blow a tsunami across the Gulf.

You have to have oxygen to have an explosion and that means the right mix as well. Getting a large enough cloud of methane/air mix over a rig or a wellsite is one thing, but miles across between the LEL and UEL is pretty tough to do.

Whatever happens to blow things out of the hole may be a high pressure event, but not a typical explosion, just a pressure difference without the chemical reaction.

Yes, I do have plenty of respect for both, I'm a former firefighter as well as an oilfield hand.

Nothing out there is cheap enough to die for, or too expensive if everyone makes it home.

[1COUNTER-MORTER-68]

All my work was at the local refinery years ago,,,

Some of the old guys sure had some stories to tell,,,

I thought I saved the piece about areas with the highest

bottom hole pressures but I guess Vista ate it !...;0)